Articles By Ed Cara
- Pneumonia can range from mild to life-threatening, and recovery depends on many factors.
- Fearing contamination with listeria, a foodborne bacteria that can cause miscarriages and death, the Kellogg Co. issues a recall of 10,000 cases of Whole Wheat Eggo Waffles.
- Medical Daily looks at when you should and shouldn't use antibiotics.
- The American Academy of Pediatrics issued a new report recommending that children stay away from a commonly used opioid found in both pain and cough medication.
- A Columbia psychiatrist explains the connection between our diets and mental health.
- New research adds to the consensus that the Zika virus can cause birth defects, leading to calls that we must "prepare for a global epidemic of microcephaly."
- Childhood cancer death rates have declined from 1999 to 2014, a new government report finds, but what's behind the trend?
- Watching lots of movies and shows with your romantic partner may improve your relationship, especially if you don't have many common friends.
- A new study finds that especially emphatic people are more likely to be moved when listening to sad pieces of music.
- How were surgeries performed before the advent of antibiotics and antiseptics?
- Harvard scientists use a giant petri dish to show E. coli bacteria learning to resist antibiotics right in front of our eyes.
- A 5-year-old New Jersey student brought 30 packets of heroin to his kindergarten class. What would have happened if he used them?